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Lists of Mentor Texts(organized by teaching topic)

Adjectives

Ackerman, Karen. Song and Dance Man.Base, Graeme. Animalia.Breathed, Berkeley. The Last Basselope: One Ferocious Story.Brett, Jan. Town Mouse, Country Mouse.Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon.Bunting, Eve. Flower Garden.Cannon, Janell. Stellaluna.———. Verdi.Charlesworth, Liza. Grammar Tales. (Collection).Cleary, Brian P. Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? ———. Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives. Dahl, Michael. If You Were an Adjective.Ehlert, Lois. Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On.Fleming, Denise. In the Small, Small Pond.———. Lunch.Fleming, Maria. The Bug Book.Fletcher, Ralph. Twilight Comes Twice.Fox, Mem. Tough Boris.Fox, Mem, and Judy Horacek. Where Is the Green Sheep? Frazee, Marla. Roller Coaster.Freymann, Saxton, and Joost Elffers. How Are You Peeling? Gray, Libba Moore. Miss Tizzy.Heller, Ruth. Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book about Adjectives.Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum.Hobbie, Holly. Toot & Puddle.Lester, Helen. A Porcupine Named Fluffy.———. Tacky the Penguin.Martin, Bill, Jr., and John Archambault. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.Noble, Trinka Hakes. The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash.O’Neill, Mary. Hailstones and Halibut Bones.Palatini, Margie. Moosetache.Penn, Audrey. The Kissing Hand.Pfi ster, Marcus. Rainbow Fish.Rylant, Cynthia. Long Night Moon.Schaefer, Lola M. This Is the Rain.Schotter, Roni. Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street.

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Seuss, Dr. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.St. George, Judith, and David Small. So You Want to Be President? Steig, William. Brave Irene.Stevens, Janet, and Susan Stevens Crummel. The Great Fuzz Frenzy.Stone, Jon. The Monster at the End of This Book.Van Allsburg, Chris. Jumanji.———. Polar Express.Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web.Wood, Audrey. Quick as a Cricket.———. The Napping House.Wood, Don, and Audrey Wood. Piggies.Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.

Alliteration

Ahlberg, Allan, and Janet Ahlberg. Each Peach Pear Plum.Arena, Felice. Sally and Dave: A Slug Story.Artell, Mike. Ten-Second Tongue Twisters.Atwood, Margaret. Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut.Barrett, Judi. Things That Are Most in the World.Base, Graeme. Animalia.Bayer, Jane B. A, My Name Is Alice.Berenstain, Stan, and Jan Berenstain. The Berenstains’ B Book.Brett, Jan. The Hat.———-. The Mitten.Broach, Elise. Wet Dog! Brown, Margaret Wise. Four Fur Feet.———. The Important Book.Buck, Nola. Santa’s Short Suit Shrunk and Other Christmas Tongue Twisters.Buller, Jon, and Susan Schade. I Love You, Good Night.Calmenson, Stephanie. The Teeny Tiny Teacher.Carle, Eric. All about Arthur: An Absolutely Absurd Ape. ——— “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth.———. The Very Hungry Caterpillar.———. The Very Quiet Cricket.———. Walter the Baker.Chamberlain, Margaret. Please Don’t Tease Tootsie.Cole, Babette. Prince Cinders.Cole, Joanna, and Stephanie Calmenson. Six Sick Sheep: 101 Tongue Twisters.Crews, Donald. Cloudy Day Sunny Day.Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.Crunk, Tony. Railroad John and the Red Rock Run.De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk, et al. Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child’s Book of Poems.DePaola, Tomie. Charlie Needs a Cloak.Dragonwagon, Crescent. Alligator Arrived with Apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast. Dubanevich, Arlene. Calico Cows.Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Clara Caterpillar.———-. Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale.———. Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke.


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———. Some Smug Slug.———. The Wacky Wedding: A Book of Alphabet Antics.———. Worrywarts.Ehlert, Lois. Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z.Enderle, Judith Ross, and Stephanie Gordon Tessler. Six Snowy Sheep.Fisher, Valorie. Ellsworth’s Extraordinary Electric Ears: And Other Amazing Alphabet Anecdotes.Fleming, Denise. Barnyard Banter.———. In the Small, Small Pond.———. In the Tall, Tall Grass.———. Where Once There Was a Wood.Fortunata. Catch a Little Fox.Fox, Mem. Possum Magic.———. Time for Bed.Frasier, Debra. Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster.Freeman, Marcia S. The Gift.Geisert, Arthur. Pigs from A to Z.Geraghty, Paul. Stop That Noise! Gerstein, Mordicai. The Absolutely Awful Alphabet.Gibbons, Faye. Night in the Barn.Gordon, Jeffi e Ross. Six Sleepy Sheep.Gray, Libba Moore. My Mama Had a Dancing Heart.Hague, Kathleen. Alphabears: An ABC Book.Heller, Nicholas. Goblins in Green.Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum.Hesse, Karen. Come On, Rain.Hymes, Lucia, and James L. Hymes. Oodles Of Noodles.Johnston, Tony. The Badger and the Magic Fan.———. Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella.———. The Harmonica.———. I’m Gonna Tell Mama I Want an Iguana.Jonas, Ann. Watch William Walk.Kalman, Maira. What Pete Ate from A–Z.Kellogg, Steven. Chicken Little.Kim, Grace. She Sells Seashells: A Tongue Twister Story.Kirk, David. Miss Spider’s ABC Book.Kuskin, Karla. Roar and More.Lester, Julius. Ackamarackus: Julius Lester’s Sumptuously Silly Fantastically Funny Fables. Levitt, Paul M., Douglas A. Burger, and Elissa S. Guralnick. The Weighty Word Book.Lewison, Wendy Cheyette. Buzz Said the Bee.Lindbergh, Reeve. The Awful Aardvarks Go to School.Lobel, Anita. Alison’s Zinnia.———. Miss Spider’s ABC Book.Martin, Bill, Jr., and John Archambault. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.Moulton, Mark Kimball. The Annual Snowman’s Ball.Nixon, Joan Lowry. If You Were a Writer.Obligado, Lilian. Faint Frogs Feeling Feverish.Palatini, Margie. Bedhead.———. Moosetache.———. The Three Silly Billies.———. The Web Files.Parry, Caroline. Zoomerang-a-Boomerang: Poems to Make Your Belly Laugh.Patience, John. An Amazing Alphabet.


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Patz, Nancy. Moses Supposes His Toeses Are Roses: And 7 Other Silly Old Rhymes.Polacco, Patricia. Oh, Look! Pomerantz, Charlotte. The Piggy in the Puddle.Pratt, Kristin Joy. A Walk in the Rainforest.Prelutsky, Jack. Poems of A. Nonny Mouse.———. The New Kid on the Block.Raffi . Down by the Bay.Rosen, Michael. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.Rothman, Joel. This Can Lick a Lollipop: Body Riddles for Kids.Rylant, Cynthia. The Cookie-Store Cat.———. In November.———. Let’s Go Home: The Wonderful Things about a House.———. The Ticky-Tacky Doll.Sayre, April Pulley. Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad’s Tale.———. Vulture View.Schotter, Roni. The Boy Who Loved Words.Schwartz, Alvin. Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisters.Serfozo, Mary. Who Said Red? Seuss, Dr. Dr. Seuss’s ABC.———. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.———. Green Eggs and Ham.———. How The Grinch Stole Christmas! ———. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.———. There’s a Wocket in My Pocket.Shaw, Nancy E. Sheep in a Shop.———. Siebert, Diana. Train Song.Silverstein, Shel. A Giraffe and a Half.———. The Giving Tree.St. Pierre, Stephanie. What the Sea Saw.Steig, William. Roland the Minstrel Pig.———. Rotten Island.———. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.Stevens, Janet, and Susan Stevens Crummel. The Great Fuzz Frenzy.Tallon, Robert. Zoophabets.Thurstan, Dorie. Thank You for the Thistle.Van Allsburg, Chris. The Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts.Wood, Audrey. The Napping House. ———. Silly Sally.Yolen, Jane. Off We Go! ———. Owl Moon.Zemach, Margot. Hush, Little Baby.Ziefert, Harriet. What Rhymes with Eel?

Cause and Effect

Aardema, Verna. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears.Allard, Harry. Miss Nelson Is Missing.Barrett, Judi. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.Brett, Jan. Comet’s Nine Lives.———. The Mitten.


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Brown, Marc. Arthur’s Teacher Moves In.Brown, Margaret Wise. Runaway Bunny.Brown, Ruth. The Big Sneeze.Carle, Eric. A House for Hermit Crab.———. The Very Hungry Caterpillar.Crews, Donald. Shortcut.Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.Cuyler, Margery. That’s Good! That’s Bad! Downey, Lynn. The Flea’s Sneeze.Fletcher, Ralph. Twilight Comes Twice.Freeman, Don. Corduroy.Giff, Patricia Riley. Today Was a Terrible Day.Ginsburg, Mirra. Across the Stream.Greene, Carol. The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats.Henkes, Kevin. Julius, Baby of the Word.———. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.Kachenmeister, Cherryl. On Monday When It Rained.Keats, Ezra Jack. Snowy Day.Kellogg, Stephen. Chicken Little.———. Pecos Bill.Kurtz, Jane. River Friendly, River Wild.LaRochelle, David. The End.Lee, Milly. Nim and the War Effort.Lester, Helen. Tacky the Penguin.Long, Melinda. How I Became a Pirate.Lord, John Vernon, and Janet Burroway. The Giant Jam Sandwich.Macaulay, David. Why the Chicken Crossed the Road.Madonna. Mr. Peabody’s Apples.Meeker, Clare Hodgson. Who Wakes Rooster? Munsch, Robert. Stephanie’s Ponytail.Noble, Trinka Hales. The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash.———. Jimmy’s Boa and the Big Birthday Bash.———. Jimmy’s Boa Bounces Back.Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. (Entire series)O’Neill, Alexis. The Recess Queen.Pilkey, Dav. Dogzilla.Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could.Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.Sendak, Maurice. Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue.———. Where the Wild Things Are.Shannon, David. A Bad Case of Stripes.Siebert, Diane. Sierra.Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree.Simont, Marc. The Stray Dog.Steig, William. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.The Three Little Pigs. (Many authors)Tsuthiya, Yukio. Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People, and War.Van Allsburg, Chris. The Stranger.Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.Willems, Mo. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.Winter, Jeanette. Follow the Drinking Gourd.Wood, Audrey. Elbert’s Bad Word.


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———. The Napping House.Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy.Yolen, Jane. Encounter.

Concrete Details (Specifi city)

Brett, Jan. Town Mouse, Country Mouse.Calhoun, Mary. Flood. Cherry, Lynne. The Armadillo from Amarillo.Dalgleish, Sharon, and Garda Turner. People and the Sea.DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie.Dorros, Arthur. Ant Cities.Economos, Christine, and Anton Economos. A Rain Forest Adventure.Esbensen, Barbara Juster. Baby Whales Drink Milk.Feelings, Muriel. Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book.Fowler, Allan. How Do You Know It’s Spring? ———. It Could Still Be a Rock.Freeman, Marcia S. Catfi sh and Spaghetti.Gibbons, Gail. Catch the Wind!: All about Kites.———. The Pottery Place.Glassman, Jackie. Conquering Mount Everest.Henkes, Kevin. Chester’s Way.———. Chrysanthemum. Holling, Clancy Holling. Paddle-to-the-Sea.Houston, Gloria. My Great-Aunt Arizona.Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. The Train to Lulu’s.Lauber, Patricia. Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs.Maurer, Tracy Nelson. Desert Racers.———. Limousines.McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings.Moore, Clement C. The Night Before Christmas.Nelson, Robin. Where Is My Continent? O’Keefe, Maureen, and Katy Pike. Oceans.Perez, Marlene. Mexico City Is Muy Grande.Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could.Polacco, Patricia. Mrs. Mack.Rylant, Cynthia. Whales.———. When I Was Young in the Mountains.Siebert, Diane. Train Song.Steig, William. Amos and Boris.Van Leeuwen, Jean. Going West.White, E. B. Stuart Little.

Creative Punctuation

Bang, Molly. When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry . . . Curtis, Jamie Lee. Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day.DePaola, Tomie. The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush.


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Dickinson, Emily, edited by Frances Schoonmaker Bolin. Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson.Donohue, Moira Rose. Alfi e the Apostrophe.Fleming, Denise. Beetle Bop.———. In the Small, Small Pond.———. Where There Once Was a Wood.Fletcher, Ralph. Twilight Comes Twice.Jenkins, Steve, and Robin Page. Move!Palatini, Margie. Bedhead.Petty, Kate. The Perfect Pop-Up Punctuation Book.Pulver, Robin. Punctuation Takes a Vacation.Raschka, Christopher. Yo! Yes?Rylant, Cynthia. Night in the Country.———. Scarecrow.———. The Whales.Schaefer, Lola M. Pick, Pull, Snap!: Where Once a Flower Bloomed.Shannon, David. No, David!Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree.Steinberg, Laya. Thesaurus Rex.Truss, Lynne. Eats, Shoots, & Leaves: Why Commas Really Do Make a Difference!———. The Girl’s Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can’t Manage without Apostrophes!Willems, Mo. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Wood, Douglas. A Quiet Place.Woodson, Jacqueline. Coming on Home Soon.Yolen, Jane. Welcome to the Ice House.———. Welcome to the Sea of Sand.Zweibel, Alan. Our Tree Named Steve.

Dialogue

Asch, Frank. Happy Birthday Moon.Bang, Molly. When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry . . . Bunting, Eve. Going Home. ———. A Picnic in October.———. Someday a Tree.Donleavy, J. P. The Ginger Man.Fletcher, Ralph. Fig Pudding.Griffi th, Helen V. Grandaddy’s Place.Henkes, Kevin. Once Around the Block.Johnson, Paul Brett. The Cow Who Wouldn’t Come Down.Kraus, Robert. Leo the Late Bloomer.Lionni, Leo. Inch by Inch.Lowry, Lois. Anastasia Krupnik.Martin, Bill, Jr., and John Archambault. The Ghost-Eye Tree.———. Knots on a Counting Rope.Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia.Pfi ster, Marcus. The Rainbow Fish.Polacco, Patricia. Chicken Sunday.———. The Graves Family Goes Camping.———. Just Plain Fancy.———. The Keeping Quilt.


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———. Pink and Say.-———. Some Birthday! Raschka, Chris. Yo! Yes?Sachar, Louis. Wayside School Is Falling Down.Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.Steig, William. Doctor De Soto.Van Allsburg, Chris. Jumanji.———. The Polar Express.Vincent, Gabriel. Ernest and Celestine.Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.Waber, Bernard. Ira Sleeps Over.Willems, Mo. Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! Wisniewski, David. Tough Cookie.

Endings

Aardema, Verna. Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears.Abells, Chana Byers. The Children We Remember.Abercrombie, Barbara. Charlie Anderson.Aliki. The Two of Them.Asch, Frank. Just Like Daddy.Barbour, Karen. Little Nino’s Pizzeria.Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn. The Barber’s Cutting Edge.Berger, Barbara. Grandfather Twilight.Brown, Margaret Wise. The Important Book.Browne, Anthony. Gorilla.Bruchac, Joseph. The First Strawberries.Bunting, Eve. A Day’s Work.———. Fly Away Home.———. Smoky Night.———. The Wednesday Surprise.Burleigh, Robert. Home Run: The Story Of Babe Ruth.Carle, Eric. The Grouchy Ladybug.Child, Lauren. The Princess and the Pea.Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius.Cutbill, Andy. The Cow That Laid an Egg.Fletcher, Ralph. Twilight Comes Twice.Fox, Mem. Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild!———. Wilfred Gordon McDonald PartridgeFreeman, Don. Dandelion.Harris, Peter. Night Pirates.Hesse, Karen. The Cats in Krasinski Square.Hest, Amy. The Ring and the Window Seat.Hoffman, Mary. Boundless Grace.———. Henry’s Baby.Houston, Gloria. The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree.Joosse, Barbara M. I Love You the Purplest.Kroll, Steven. The Biggest Snowman Ever.


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Kulka, Joe. Wolf’s Coming!Kuskin, Karla. Just Like Everyone Else.L’Engle, Madeline. A Wrinkle in Time.Laminack, Lester L. Snow Day.MacLachlan, Patricia. The Journey.Martel, Yann. Life of Pi.Martin, Bill, Jr., and John Archambault. The Ghost-Eye Tree.McKissack, Patricia. Flossie and the Fox.McSwigan, Marie. Snow Treasure.Munsch, Robert. The Paper Bag Princess.Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give a Moose a Muffi n.———. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.Oram, Hiawyn. In the Attic.———. Just Dog.Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia.Polacco, Patricia. John Philip Duck.———. The Keeping Quilt.———. Some Birthday! ———. Thank You, Mr. Faulker.———. Thunder Cake.Potter, Beatrix. Peter Rabbit.Radin, Ruth Yafee. A Winter Place.Ross, Tony. Super Dooper Jezebel.Rylant, Cynthia. The Relatives Came.Say, Allen. Tree of Cranes.Sayre, April Pulley. Vulture View.Small, David. Imogene’s Antlers.Steen, Sandra, and Susan Steen. Car Wash.Tolkein, J. R. The Hobbit.Tsuchiya, Yukio. Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People, and War.Van Allsburg, Chris. The Stranger.———. The Sweetest Fig.———. Two Bad Ants.Wiesner, David. Flotsam.———. June 29, 1999.Willems, Mo. My Friend Is Sad.Willis, Jeanne. Earthlets: As Explained by Professor Xargle.Woodson, Jacqueline. Sweet, Sweet Memory.———. Visiting Day.Yorinks, Arthur. Louis the Fish.Ziefert, Harriet. Bob and Shirley.Zolotow, Charlotte. A Father Like That.

Flashback

Baylor, Byrd. One Small Blue Bead.Bunting, Eve. So Far from the Sea.Byars, Betsy. Tornado.Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius.Fox, Mem. Night Noises.


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Friedman, Ina R. How My Parents Learned to Eat.Johnson, Angela. Tell Me a Story, Mama.Johnston, Tony. The Quilt Story.Kurjian, Judi. In My Own Backyard.Levinson, Riki. Watch the Stars Come Out.Macaulay, David. Why the Chicken Crossed the Road.Meddaugh, Susan. Hogseye.Nixon, Joan Lowery. Fat Chance, Claude!Noble, Trinka Hakes. The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash.———. Meanwhile Back at the Ranch.Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt.———. Pink and Say.Pryor, Bonnie. The House On Maple Street.Say, Allen. Grandfather’s Journey.Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.Stevenson, James. What’s Under My Bed?Van Allsburg, Chris. The Wreck of the Zephyr.Viorst, Judith. Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday.Williams, Vera B. A Chair for My Mother.

Foreshadowing

Baylor, Byrd. The Table Where Rich People Sit.Brett, Jan. The Hat.Bunting, Eve. How Many Days to America?: A Thanksgiving Story.Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius.DePaola, Tomie. An Early American Christmas.———. Strega Nona.DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie.Grey, Mini. Egg Drop.Guarino, Deborah. Is Your Mama a Llama? Howitt, Mary. The Spider and the Fly.Hutchins, Pat. Rosie’s Walk.Johnston, Tony. Amber on the Mountain.Macaulay, David. Shortcut.Myers, Walter Dean. Scorpions.Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Entire series) Polacco, Patricia. Just Plain Fancy.Say, Allen. Grandfather’s Journey.Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.Van Allsburg, Chris. The Stranger.Ward, Lynd. The Biggest Bear.Yolen, Jane. Encounter.———. Owl Moon.Young, Ed. Lon Pop Po.


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Idioms

Ahlberg, Allan. Monkey Do! Arnold, Tedd. More Parts.———. Parts.Bloch, Serge. Butterfl ies in My Stomach and Other School Hazards.Brennan-Nelson, Denise. My Momma Likes to Say.———. My Teacher Likes to Say.Brock, Sue. Idiom’s Delight: Fascinating Phrases & Linguistic Eccentricities. Brown, Marc. Arthur in a Pickle.Edwards, Wallace. Monkey Business.Gwynne, Fred. A Chocolate Moose for Dinner.———. The King Who Rained.Hambleton, Laura, and Sedat Terban. Monkey Business: Fun with Idioms.Leedy, Loreen, and Pat Street. There’s a Frog in My Throat: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me.Lester, Helen. Batter Up Wombat.Palatini, Margie. Bad Boys.Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia.Pilkey, Dav. Dog Breath.———. Dumb Bunnies.Pinkwater, Daniel. The Big Orange Splot.Porter, Daniel J. Cat Got Your Tongue: The Real Meaning Behind Everyday Sayings.Prelutsky, Jack. It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles.Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride.———. Saving Sweetness.Terban, Marvin. In a Pickle: And Other Funny Idioms.———. Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms.

Leads

Aardema, Verna. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain.Ackerman, Karen. Song and Dance Man.Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Davy Crockett.———. A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark.Aliki. Fossils Tell of Long Ago.———. My Hands.Allard, Harry. The Stupids Die.———. Miss Nelson Is Missing.Aragon, Jane Chelsea. Salt Hands.Asch, Frank. Moonbear’s Pet.Babbit, Natalie. Pheobe’s Revolt.Barrett, Judi. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.Beaumont, Karen. Duck, Duck, Goose!: (A Coyote’s On The Loose!).Berger, Melvin. As Big as a Whale.———. Spinning a Web.———. The Web of Life.———. The World of Ants.Bishop, Nic. Katydid.Borden, Louise. A. Lincoln and Me.Bovetz, Marcie. Backstage.


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Brett, Jan. Berlioz the Bear.———. The Mitten.———. Trouble with Trolls.Brinkloe, Julie. Firefl ies! Brown, Marc. Arthur Babysits.Brown, Margaret Wise. The Important Book.Browne, Anthony. Willy the Wimp.Buehner, Caralyn. Snowmen at Night.Bunting, Eve. Butterfl y House.———. Going Home.Burningham, John. Granpa.Cannon, Janell. Verdi.Carle, Eric. Pancakes, Pancakes! ———. The Very Busy Spider.Carle, Eric, and Kazuo Iwamura. Where Are You Going? To See My Friend! Carson, Mary Kay. Fungi.———. The Rockies.Chall, Marsha Wilson. Up North at the Cabin.Cheney, Lynn. A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women.———. The Armadillo From Amarillo.Cleary, Beverly. Henry and Beezus.———. Ramona and Her Father.Clement, Rod. Grandpa’s Teeth.Clemesha, David, and Andrea Zimmerman. Trashy Town.Cooney, Barbara. Eleanor.———. Miss Rumphius.Cowley, Joy. One Stormy Night.Coy, John. Strong to the Hoop.Crews, Donald. Bigmama’s.Cutting, Brian, and Jillian Cutting. Building Things.Dahl, Roald. James and the Giant Peach.Darling, Kathy. Manatee: On Location.Davis, Kathryn Gibbs. Wackiest White House Pets.De Beer, Hans. Little Polar Bear and the Husky Pup.Demi. The Empty Pot.DePaola, Tomie. The Art Lesson.———. Big Anthony and The Magic Ring.———. Now One Foot, Now the Other.Economos, Christine, and Anton Economos. The Rain Forest Adventure.Edwards, Pamela Duncan. The Worrywarts.Ehlert, Lois. Feathers for Lunch.Esbensen, Barbara Juster. Baby Whales Drink Milk.Fleishman, Paul. Weslandia.Fleming, Denise. Where Once There Was a Wood.Forney, Melissa. Oonawassee Summer.Fowler, Allan. It’s Best to Leave a Snake Alone.———. Turtles Take Their Time.Fox, Mem. Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild! ———. Maurice’s Room.———. Shoes from Grandpa.———. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge.Frazier, Debra. On the Day You Were Born.


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Freeman, Marcia S. What Plant Is This? ———. The Work Book. ———. You Are a Scientist.Galdone, Paul. Henny Penny.Gibbons, Gail. The Honey Makers.———. Pigs.———. Stargazers.———. Sunken Treasure.———. Whales.Gillis, Jennifer Blizin. Flavors from Plants.———. Hurray for Plants.Glassman, Jackie. Conquering Mount Everest.Gold, Kari Jenson. Sounds of the Farm.Gray, Libba Moore. My Mama Had a Dancing Heart.Guarino, Deborah. Is Your Mama a Llama? Hawes, Judy. Firefl ies in the Night.Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum.Herriot, James. Moses the Kitten.Hickok, Lorena A. The Story of Helen Keller.Hoffman, Mary. Amazing Grace.Hofsepian, Sylvia A. Why Not? Holabird, Katharine. Angelina’s Christmas.Hooks, William H. The Mighty Santa Fe.Houston, Gloria. My Great-Aunt Arizona.Howard, Arthur. When I Was Five.Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crabcakes Later).Hughes, Ted. The Iron Man.James, Simon. The Day Jake Vacuumed.Jarrell, Randall. The Bat-Poet.Jonell, Lynne. Mommy Go Away! Karas, G. Brian. Bebe’s Bad Dream.Keats, Ezra Jack. Louie.———. Peter’s Chair.———. The Snowy Day.Kellogg, Steven. The Missing Mitten Mystery.Koralek, Jenny. The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams.Kroger, Mary Kay, and Louise W. Borden. Paperboy.Krull, Kathleen. Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman.LaMarche, Jim. The Raft.Lauber, Patricia. An Octopus Is Amazing.———. Snakes Are Hunters.———. Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs.Leacock, Elspeth. Map It! Leedy, Loreen. Postcards from Pluto: A Tour of the Solar System.Lester, Helen. Hooray for Wodney Wat.Lindbergh, Reeve. What Is the Sun?Lionni, Leo. Tico and the Golden Wings.Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Are Friends.London, Jonathan. Froggy Goes to the Doctor.Lunis, Natalie. Growing a Kitchen Garden.Lunis, Natalie, and Nancy White. A World of Change.Luthardt, Kevin. Peep!


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MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall.Manyard, Bill. Incredible Ned.Marshall, James. Red Riding Hood.Martin, Bill, Jr., and Michael Sampson. Swish.Marzollo, Jean. The Best Present Ever.Mayer, Mercer. There’s a Nightmare in My Closet.McCully, Emily Arnold. Mirette on the High Wire.McEvoy, Paul. Birds.McKissack, Patricia. Flossie and the Fox.———. Goin’ Someplace Special.———. Mirandy and Brother Wind.Mendez, Phil. The Black Snowman.Mitten, Luana K., and Mary Wagner. Sorting It All Out.Morris, Ann. Shoes, Shoes, Shoes.Munsch, Robert. The Paper Bag Princess.Nelson, Robin. Where Is My Continent? Nixon, Joan Lowery. If You Were a Writer.Noble, Trinka. The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash.Nolan, Dennis. Dinosaur Dream.Numeroff, Laura Joffe. Chimps Don’t Wear Glasses.———. Dogs Don’t Wear Sneakers.Nye, Naomi Shihab. Sitti’s Secrets.O’Hare, Ted. Amazing Rain Forest.———. Boas.Osborne, Jennifer. Graph It! ———. Inventions.Ottley, Matt. What Faust Saw.Palatini, Margie. Piggie Pie.Pallotta, Jerry. The Underwater Alphabet Book.Parkes, Brenda. The Three Little Pigs.Penn, Audrey. The Kissing Hand.Perez, Marlene. Mexico City Is Muy Grande.Peters, Lisa Westberg. When the Fly Flew In… Pfi ster, Marcus. Boris Beaver.Pike, Katy. Summer.Pike, Katy, and Maureen O’Keefe. Oceans.Pinckney, Andrea. Duke Ellington.Polacco, Patricia. Casey at the Bat.———. Chicken Sunday.———. Mrs. Katz and Tush.———. Thunder Cake.Prescott, Jennifer. All about Wood.Ringgold, Faith. Tar Beach.Robinson, Fay. Solid, Liquid, or Gas? Rohr, Ian. Planes.Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride.Rylant, Cynthia. But I’ll Be Back Again.———. In November.———. Whales.———. When I Was Young in the Mountains.San Souci, Robert D. The Talking Eggs.Schwartz, David M. At the Farm.


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———. Sunfl ower.Scieszka, Jon. The Frog Prince Continued.———. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport.Shulevitz, Uri. The Treasure.Siebert, Diane. Mojave.Simmons, Jane. Daisy and the Egg.Simon, Seymour. Sharks.Spiegelman, Art. It Was a Dark and Silly Night.Spurr, Elizabeth. A Pig Named Perrier.St. George, Judith. So You Want to Be President? Stamper, Judith Bauer. Pickles and Preserves.Stanley, Diane. Raising Sweetness.Steig, William. Abel’s Island.———. The Amazing Bone.———. Doctor De Soto.———. Dominic.———. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.Stevens, Janet. Tops & Bottoms.Stewart, Sarah. The Library.Stimson, Joan. Big Panda, Little Panda.Stone, Lynne M. Reptiles.———. Tundra.Suen, Anastasia. Making Mount Rushmore.Supraner, Robyn. Weather.Teague, Mark. Pigsty.Thayer, Ernest Lawrence. Casey at the Bat.Trivazas, Eugene. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.Tudor, Tasha. Corgiville Fair.Van Allsburg, Chris. Two Bad Ants.———. The Polar Express.Viorst, Judith. Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move.———. Earrings!———. The Tenth Good Thing about Barney.Waber, Bernard. Funny, Funny Lyle.Waddell, Martin. Owl Babies.Ward, Lynd. The Biggest Bear.Wiesner, David. Hurricane.Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House on the Prairie.Wood, Audrey. Heckedy Peg.Woodson, Jacqueline. Visiting Day.Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy.———. Umbrella.Yolen, Jane. Encounter.———. Owl Moon.Yorinks, Arthur. Hey, Al.———. Louis the Fish.Zagwyn, Deborah Turney. The Pumpkin Blanket. Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog.Zolotow, Charlotte. The Seashore Book.———. William’s Doll.


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Letters and Diaries

Ada, Alma Flor. Dear Peter Rabbit.———. With Love, Little Red Hen.———. Yours Truly, Goldilocks.Ahlberg, Allan. The Jolly Postman.Altman, Suzanne. My Worst Days Diary.Creech, Sharon. Love That Dog.Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.———. Diary of a Spider.———. Diary of a Worm.Danziger, Paula, and Ann A Martin. P.S. Longer Letter Later.———. Snail Mail No More.De Young, C. Coco. A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt.Dear America series, published by Scholastic, Inc.Dockray, Tracy Arah. My Bunny Diary.Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Dear Tooth Fairy.French, Jackie. Diary of a Wombat.George, Jean Craighead. Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here.Gravett, Emily. Meerkat Mail.Gray, Libba Moore. Dear Willie Rudd.Grimes, Nikki. Danitra Brown Leaves Town.Grindley, Sally. Dear Max.Harrison, Joanna. Dear Bear.Hesse, Karen. Letters from Rifka.Jakobsen, Kathy. My New York.James, Simon. Dear Mr. Blueberry.Johnston, Tony. Amber on the Mountain.Keats, Ezra Jack. A Letter to Amy.Kehret, Peg. My Brother Made Me Do It.Langen, Annette. Felix Travels Back in Time.Leedy, Loreen. Messages in the Mailbox: How to Write a Letter.Morgan, Michaela. Dear Bunny.Nagda, Ann Whitehead. Dear Whiskers.Nolan, Jerdine. Plantzilla.Olson, Mary W. Nice Try, Tooth Fairy.Palatini, Margie. The Web Files.Parks, Rosa. Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today’s Youth.Rand, Gloria. A Pen Pal for Max.Smith, Maggie. Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon.Stewart, Sarah. The Gardener.———. The Journey.Sullivan, Sarah. Dear Baby: Letters From Your Big Brother.Teague, Mark. Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School.———. Detective LaRue: Letters from the Investigation.———. From the Campaign Trail: LaRue For Mayor.Wild, Margaret. Thank You, Santa.Woodruff, Elvira. Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad.Woodson, Jacqueline. Coming on Home Soon.Zweibel, Alan. Our Tree Named Steve.


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Memoirs

Baylor, Byrd. I’m in Charge of Celebrations.Bunting, Eve. Going Home.———. The Memory String.———. The Wall.Farris, Christine King. My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin

Luther King Jr.Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later).Juster, Norton. The Hello, Goodbye Window.Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Snowfl ake Bentley.Mochizuki, Ken. Baseball Saved Us.O’Connor, Jane. Fancy Nancy.Parton, Dolly. Coat of Many Colors.Polacco, Patricia. The Bee Tree.———. Chicken Sunday.———. The Keeping Quilt.———. My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother.———. Some Birthday.Say, Allen. Grandfather’s Journey.Slawson, Michele Benoit. Apple Picking Time.Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.

Memorable Language

Baylor, Byrd. I’m in Charge of Celebrations.Buzzeo, Toni. The Sea Chest.Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar.Fletcher, Ralph. Hello, Harvest Moon.Fox, Mem. Tough Boris.Gray, Libba Moore. My Mama Had a Dancing Heart.Hesse, Karen. The Cats in Krasinski Square.Johnston, Tony. Amber on the Mountain.———. The Harmonica.———. That Summer.Lester, Julius. John Henry.Polacco, Patricia. Thank You, Mr. Falker.Ryan, Pam Muñoz. When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson.Rylant, Cynthia. Long Night Moon.———. The Relatives Came.———. Tulip Sees America.———. The Whales.Schaefer, Lola M. Arrowhawk.Woodson, Jacqueline. Coming on Home Soon.Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.


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Onomatopoeia

Aardema, Verna. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears.Archambault, John, and David Plumer. Toot! Toot! Quack! Quack! Ashman, Linda. Starry Safari.Base, Graeme. Water Hole.Bauer, Marion Dane. If You Were Born a Kitten.Baylor, Byrd. Plink, Plink, Plink.Bedford, Annie North. The Jolly Barnyard.Bedford, David, and Penny Ives. The Long Journey Home.Bennett, Jill. Noisy Poems.Berkes, Marianne. Marsh Music.Bond, Rebecca. Bravo, Maurice.Boynton, Sandra. Moo Baa La La La.Brett, Jan. The Gingerbread Baby.———. Honey . . . Honey . . . Lion! ———. The Umbrella.Brinckloe, Julie. Playing Marbles.Brown, Craig McFarland. City Sounds.Brown, Margaret Wise. The Country Noisy Book.———. The Noisy Book.Burleigh, Robert. Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth.Capucilli, Alyssa Satin. Inside a Barn in the Country: A Rebus Read-Along Story. Carle, Eric. The Very Quiet Cricket.Chaconas, Dori. Pennies in a Jar.Christelow, Eileen. Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree.Climo, Shirley. The Korean Cinderella.Colborn, Mary Palenick. Rainy Day Slug.Cowley, Rich. Snap! Snap! Buzz! Buzz! Coy, John. Vroomaloom Zoom.Crebbin, June. Cows in the Kitchen.Creech, Sharon. Love That Dog.Crews, Donald. Shortcut.Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.———. Giggle, Giggle, Quack.Curtis, Jamie Lee. Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day.Cuyler, Margery. That’s Good! That’s Bad! Dewdney, Anna. Llama Llama Red Pajama.DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise.Dipucchio, Kelly. What’s The Magic Word? A Dirty Pile of Laundry: Poems in Different Voices. Selected by Paul B. Janeczko.Dodd, Lynley. Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack.Dodds, Dayle Ann. Wheel Away! Dorros, Arthur. Tonight Is Carnival.Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Roar! The Noisy Counting Book.Eggleton, Jill. Grumpy Bear.Enderle, Judith Ross. Six Snowy Sheep.Flack, Marjorie. The Story about Ping.Fleischman, Paul. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices.Fleming, Denise. Barnyard Banter.———. In the Small, Small Pond.


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———. In the Tall, Tall Grass.Fox, Mem. Night Noises.Frazee, Marla. Roller Coaster.Fukuda, Hiroko. Flip, Slither and Bang: Japanese Sound and Action Words. García, Aurora Colón. Building a Doghouse.Gershator, Phillis. Zzzng! Zzzng! Zzzng!: A Yoruba Tale.Gibbons, Gail. Country Fair.Gollub, Matthew. The Jazz Fly.Gray, Libba Moore. Small Green Snake. ———. When Uncle Took the Fiddle.Greene, Rhonda Gowler. Barnyard Song.Griffi th, Helen V. Grandaddy’s Place.Hawkins, Colin. Old MacDonald Had a Farm.Hayward, Linda. The Runaway Christmas Toy.Hearn, Michael Patrick. The Porcelain Cat.Henley, Claire. Stormy Day.Hill, Eric. Spot Goes to the Farm. Hindley, Judy. Do Like a Duck Does! Holmes, Stephen. Old McDonald’s Farm.Hubbard, Woodleigh. Whoa, Jealousy! Hutchins, Pat. Good-Night, Owl!Isadora, Rachel. 1 2 3 Pop! Janowitz, Tama. Kangaroos in the Kitchen? Jenkins, Steve. Actual Size.Johnson, David A. Snow Sounds: An Onomatopoeic Story.Johnston, Tony. I’m Gonna Tell Mama I Want an Iguana.Jonas, Ann. Bird Talk.———. Splash! Jorgensen, Gail. Crocodile Beat.———. Gotcha! Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day.Khan, Rukhsana. Ruler of the Courtyard.Krauss, Ruth. The Happy Day.Kutner, Merrily. Down on the Farm.Lesser, Carolyn. Storm on the Desert.Lester, Julius. John Henry.Lillie, Patricia. When the Rooster Crowed.Lithgow, John. The Remarkable Farkle McBride.London, Jonathan. Froggy Gets Dressed.———. Froggy’s Day with Dad.———. Wiggle Waggle.Lovell, Patty. Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon.Luthardt, Kevin. Peep! MacLean, Christine Kole. Even Firefi ghters Hug Their Moms.MacLennan, Cathy. Chicky Chicky Chook Chook.Martin, Bill, Jr., and John Archambault. Barn Dance.———. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.———. The Ghost-Eyed Tree.———. Listen to the Rain.McBratney, Sam. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal. McGee, Marni. Quiet Farmer.


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McGovern, Ann. Too Much Noise.McKissack, Patricia. Mirandy and Brother Wind.Merriam, Eve. Bam Bam Bam.Milbourne, Anna. The Rainy Day.Millington, Susan. Nihongo Pera Pera!: A User’s Guide to Japanese Onomatopoeia. Mitton, Tony. Dazzling Diggers.Moon, Nicola. Tick Tock Drip Drop.Mora, Pat. Listen to the Desert/Oye Al Desierto.Moulton, Mark Kimball. The Annual Snowman’s Ball.Munsch, Robert. 50 Below Zero.———. Mortimer.Murphy, Jill. Peace at Last.Nygaard, Elizabeth. Snake Alley Band.Ormerod, Jan. Whoosh around the Mulberry Bush.Palatini, Margie. Bedhead.———. Boo-Hoo Moo.Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa. Pinkney, Brian. Jojo’s Flying Side Kick.Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could.Polacco, Patricia. Mommies Say Shhh!———. Oh, Look! ———. Thunder Cake.Pollard, Nik. The River.Pomerantz, Charlotte. The Piggy in the Puddle.Prince, Joshua. I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track.Pulver, Robin. Punctuation Takes a Vacation.Raffi . Wheels on the Bus.Reid, Suzan. The Wild Toboggan Ride.Richards, Laura E. Jiggle Joggle Jee! Roberts, Bethany. Valentine Mice! Root, Phyllis. One Duck Stuck.Rosen, Michael. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. Little Pea.Rylant, Cynthia. Night in the Country.Sarah the Duchess of York Ferguson. Little Red. Sayre, April Pulley. It’s My City!: A Singing Map.Schaefer, Carole Lexa. Cool Time Song. ———. Someone Says.Schaefer, Lola M. What’s That, Mittens? Schotter, Roni. The Boy Who Loved Words.Scieszka, Jon. Zoom! Boom! Bully.Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat.———. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ———. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? Showers, Paul. The Listening Walk.Silverstein, Shel. Falling Up.———. A Light in the Attic.———. Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook.———. Where the Sidewalk Ends.Smith, Kevin. Sounds of Violence.Spence, Robert, and Amy Spence. Clickety Clack.Spier, Peter. Crash! Bang! Boom! A Book of Sounds.


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———. Gobble, Growl, Grunt.Spinelli, Eileen. Three Pebbles and a Song.St. George, Judith. So You Want to Be an Inventor? Steen, Sandra, and Susan Steen. Car Wash.Steig, William. Brave Irene.Steinberg, Laya. Thesaurus Rex.Stevens, April. Waking Up Wendell.Stevenson, Harvey. Grandpa’s House.Suen, Anastasia. Window Music.Thayer, Jane. The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy. Tresselt, Alvin. Rain Drop Splash.Turner, Ann. Heron Street.Victor, Joan Berg. Shh! Listen Again.Walsh, Vivian. Olive, the Other Reindeer. Walton, Rick. Little Dogs Say, “Rough!” Wattenberg, Jane. Henny-Penny.Weatherby, Brenda. The Trucker.Weeks, Sarah. Little Factory.———. Paper Parade.West, Judy. Have You Got My Purr? Wheeler, Lisa. Avalanche Annie: A Not-So-Tall Tale. ———. Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum. ———. Where, Oh Where, Is Santa Claus? Wiesner, David. Sector 7.———. The Three Pigs.Willems, Mo. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! ———. Knuffl e Bunny.———. My Friend Is Sad.Williams, Linda. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything.Wojtowycz, David. Can You Choo Choo? Wood, Don. The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear.Wood, Douglas. A Quiet Place.Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.———. Welcome to the Green House.———. Welcome to the Sea Of Sand.

Personal Narrative

Ackerman, Karen. Song and Dance Man.Brown, Margaret Wise. The Runaway Bunny.Cannon, Janell. Stellaluna.Carle, Eric. The Grouchy Ladybug.Crews, Donald. Shortcut.DePaola, Tomie. The Art Lesson.Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum.———. Owen.———. Shelia Rae, the Brave.———. Wemberly Worried.Hoffman, Mary. Amazing Grace.Joosse, Barbara M. Mama, Do You Love Me?


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Juster, Norton. The Hello, Goodbye Window.Keats, Ezra Jack. Peter’s Chair.McLerran, Alice. Roxaboxen.Munsch, Robert. Love You Forever.Penn, Audrey. The Kissing Hand.———. A Pocket Full of Kisses.Pfi ster, Marcus. The Rainbow Fish.Polacco, Patricia. Thank You, Mr. Falker.———. Thunder Cake.Rylant, Cynthia. The Relatives Came.———. When I Was Young in the Mountains.Schotter, Roni. The Boy Who Loved Words.Shannon, David. No, David! Viorst, Judith. The Good-bye Book.———. The Tenth Good Thing about Barney.Willems, Mo. Knuffl e Bunny.Williams, Vera B. A Chair for My Mother.Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.Zolotow, Charlotte. William’s Doll.

Personifi cation

Aston, Dianna Hutts. A Seed Is Sleepy.Atwell, Debbie. Barn.Baker, Olaf. Where the Buffaloes Begin.Baylor, Byrd. The Desert Is Theirs.Brett, Jan. Town Mouse, Country Mouse.Bunting, Eve. Ghost’s Hour.Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.———. The Little House.Carle, Eric. “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth.Carlstrom, Nancy White. Goodbye Geese.———. Who Gets the Sun Out of Bed? Carruth, Jane. Chippy Goes to the Dentist.Christiana, David. The First Snow.Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.———. Diary of a Spider.Ets, Marie Hall. Gilberto and the Wind.Freeman, Don. A Pocket for Corduroy.George, Kristine O’Connell. Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems.Gramatky, Hardie. Loopy.Hoff, Syd. Sammy the Seal.Howe, Deborah. Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery.Johnson, Angela. Lily Brown’s Paintings.Larson, Gary. There’s a Hair in My Dirt: A Worm’s Story.Lear, Edward. The Owl and the Pussycat.Levine, Ellen. The Tree That Would Not Die.Lionni, Leo. Fish Is Fish.Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Are Friends.———. Frog and Toad Together.


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Locker, Thomas. Cloud Dance.———. Mountain Dance.———. Water Dance.Martin, Bill, Jr., and John Archambault. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. ———. Knots on a Counting Rope.McKissack, Patricia. Flossie and the Fox.Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give a Moose a Muffi n.———. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.———. If You Take a Mouse to School.Palatini, Margie. Bedhead.———. Moosetache.Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could.Rathmann, Peggy. Offi cer Buckle and Gloria.Rylant, Cynthia. The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog!———. In November.———. Scarecrow.———. Whales.Silverstein, Shel. Falling Up! ———. The Giving Tree.Stanley, Diane. Saving Sweetness.Steig, William. The Amazing Bone.———. Brave Irene.———. Doctor De Soto.———. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.Teague, Mark. Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School.Walker, Alice. There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me.White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web.Willems, Mo. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Wisniewski, David. Tough Cookie.Yolen, Jane. Encounter.———. Owl Moon.Zagwyn, Deborah. The Pumpkin Blanket.

Point of View

Ahlberg, Janet, and Allan Ahlberg. The Jolly Postman.Blume, Judy. The Pain and the Great One.Borden, Louise W. A. Lincoln and Me.Brenner, Barbara, ed. Voices: Poetry and Art from around the World.Browne, Anthony. Voices in the Park.Bunting, Eve. Smoky Night.Carson, Jo. The Great Shaking: An Account of the Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812.Catrow, David. Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Celsi, Teresa. The Fourth Little Pig. Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest.Cole, Babette. Prince Cinders.Conrad, Pam. Call Me Ahnighito.Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.———. Diary of a Spider.———. Diary of a Worm.


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Damon, Duane. When This Cruel War Is Over: The Civil War Home Front. Day, Alexandra. Good Dog, Carl.Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Barefoot.Fleischman, Paul. I Am Phoenix: Poems for Two Voices.———. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices.———. Seedfolks.Fox, Mem. Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge.Galdone, Paul. The Three Bears.Garland, Sherry. Voices of the Alamo.Givens, Terryl. Dragon Scales and Willow Leaves.Greene, Casey Edward, and Shelly Henley Kelly, eds. Through a Night of Horrors: Voices from the 1900

Galveston Storm.Hartman, Bob. The Wolf Who Cried Boy.Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum.———. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.King, Larry, and Chaia King. Daddy Day, Daughter Day.Lester, Helen. Tacky the Penguin.Macaulay, David. Black and White .MacLachlan, Patricia. Through Grandpa’s Eyes.Marshall, James. George and Martha.———. The Three Little Pigs.McMaster, Gerald, and Clifford E. Trafzer, eds. Native Universe: Voices of Indian America.Okutoro, Lydia Omolola, ed. Quiet Storm: Voices of Young Black Poets.Orloff, Karen Kaufman. I Wanna Iguana.Perrault, Charles. Cinderella.Polacco, Patricia. Oh, Look! Rohlfi ng, David, ed. The Best Love Poems Ever: A Collection of Poetry’s Most Romantic Voices.Ryder, Joanne. The Snail’s Spell.Rylant, Cynthia. When I Was Young in the Mountains.San Souci, Robert D. Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella.Say, Allen. The Bicycle Man.Schwartz, Amy. A Teeny Tiny Baby.Sciezska, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.Shannon, David. David Goes to School.Shulman, William L., ed. Voices and Visions: A Collection of Primary Sources.Smith, Frank Dabba. My Secret Camera: Life in the Lodz Ghetto.Spinelli, Eileen. Something to Tell the Grandcows.Swallow, Pamela Curtis. Groundhog Gets a Say.Trivizas, Eugene. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.Turkle, Brinton. Deep in the Forest.Van Allsburg, Chris. Two Bad Ants.Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.———. Earrings!Waber, Bernard. Ira Sleeps Over.Wadsworth, Ginger. Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers.Whipple, Laura. If the Shoe Fits: Voices from Cinderella.Willems, Mo. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! ———. Knuffl e Bunny.Williams, Vera B. A Chair for My Mother.Yolen, Jane. Encounter.


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Repetition

Aardema, Verna. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain.———. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears.Adams, Pam. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.Aliki. My Five Senses.Arnold, Tedd. No Jumping on the Bed.Axtell, David. We’re Going on a Lion Hunt.Aylesworth, Jim. Old Black Fly.———. The Gingerbread Man.Brett, Jan. The Gingerbread Baby.Bridwell, Norman. Clifford and the Halloween Parade.Brown, Margaret Wise. The Runaway Bunny.Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.Cabrera, Jane. If You’re Happy and You Know It!Calmenson, Stephanie. The Teeny Tiny Teacher.Carle, Eric. “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth.———. The Very Lonely Firefl y.———. The Very Quiet Cricket.Carle, Eric, and Bill Martin Jr. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Chodos-Irvine, Margaret. Ella Sarah Gets Dressed.Colandro, Lucille. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! Cowley, Joy. Mrs. Wishy Washy.Creech, Sharon. Heartbeat.Cronin, Doreen. Dooby Dooby Moo.Curtis, Jamie Lee. When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth.Fleming, Denise. Barnyard Banter.———. The Cow Who Clucked.Fox, Mem. Hattie and the Fox.———. Night Noises.———. Time for Bed.———. Tough Boris.Freeman, Marcia S. The Gift.Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats.Guarino, Deborah. Is Your Mama a Llama?Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum.———. Julius, the Baby of the World.———. Oh! Houston, Gloria. My Great-Aunt Arizona.Hutchins, Pat. The Doorbell Rang.Jackson, Alison. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie.Johnston, Tony. Amber on the Mountain.———. 10 Fat Turkeys.Lakin, Patricia. Snow Day! McQueen, Lucinda. The Little Red Hen.Morgan, Michaela. Yum! Yuck! Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.Peters, Lisa Westberg. When the Fly Flew In . . . Pinczes, Elinor J. One Hundred Hungry Ants.Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could.Polacco, Patricia. Chicken Sunday.


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———. Mrs. Katz and Tush.———. Oh, Look! Rylant, Cynthia. Night in the Country.———. The Relatives Came.Seuss, Dr. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.Shannon, David. No, David!Shaw, Charles G. It Looked Like Spilt Milk.Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree.Snicket, Lemony. The Reptile Room.Viorst, Judith. My Mama Says There Aren’t Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters,

Fiends, Goblins, or Things.Willems, Mo. Knuffl e Bunny.Williams, Linda. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything.Wood, Audrey. King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub.———. The Napping House Wakes Up.Yolen, Jane. Off We Go!

Sensory Details

Ball, Jacqueline A. Riddles about the Senses.Brown, Margaret Wise. The Noisy Book.———. The Seashore Noisy Book.Carle, Eric, and Bill Martin Jr. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See?Cole, Joanna. You Can’t Smell a Flower With Your Ear!Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius.DePaola, Tomiñe. The Popcorn Book.Fletcher, Ralph. Twilight Comes Twice.Guiberson, Brenda Z. Into the Sea.Hall, Kirsten. Animal Hearing.———. Animal Taste.Heller, Ruth. Many Luscious Lollipops.Liao, Jimmy. The Sound of Colors.Mathieu, W. A. The Listening Book: Discovering Your Own Music.Pallotta, Jerry. The Yummy Alphabet Book.Paulson, Gary. Hatchet.Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Hello Ocean.Rylant, Cynthia. In November.———. Night in the Country.———. The Old Woman Who Named Things.Showers, Paul. The Listening Walk.Stojic, Manya. Rain.Wallace, Karen. Think of an Eel.Wilson, Karma. Bear Snores On.Wood, Douglas. A Quiet Place.Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.Young, Ed. Seven Blind Mice.


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Similes

Balsara, Andrea Torrey. Me, Dan, and the Dragonfl y.Bang, Molly. When Sophie Gets Angry—Really Really Angry . . .Bunting, Eve. Dandelions.Burleigh, Robert. Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth.Crunk, Tony. Railroad John and the Red Rock Run.Dahl, Roald. George’s Marvelous Medicine.Deedy, Carmen Agra. Agatha’s Feather Bed: Not Just Another Wild Goose Story.Fletcher, Ralph. Hello, Harvest Moon.Fox, Mem. Night Noises.———. Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge.Gardiner, John Reynolds. Stone Fox.Goble, Paul. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.Harrington, Janice N. The Chicken-Chasing Queen Of Lamar County.Henkes, Kevin. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.Johnston, Tony. Amber on the Mountain.———. Desert Song.Juster, Norton. As Silly as Knees, As Busy as Bees, An Astounding Assortment Of Similes.Lawler, Janet. If Kisses Were Colors.Leedy, Loreen. Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story.Leedy, Loreen, and Pat Street. There’s a Frog in My Throat: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me.Lionni, Leo. Swimmy.Lobel, Arnold. Fables.McBratney, Sam. Guess How Much I Love You.Moore, Clement C. The Night Before Christmas.O’Neill, Mary. Hailstones and Halibut Bones.Pallotta, Jerry. The Underwater Alphabet Book.Paraskevas, Betty. On the Day the Tall Ships Sailed.Polacco, Patricia. The Bee Tree.———. Mr. Lincoln’s Way.———. My Ol’ Man.———. When Lightning Comes in a Jar.Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows.Ringgold, Faith. Tar Beach.Rylant, Cynthia. In November.———. The Whales.Shannon, David. A Bad Case of the Stripes.Showers, Paul. The Listening Walk.Sommer, Elyse, and Mike Sommer. Falser Than a Weeping Crocodile and Other Similes.Steig, William. Abel’s Island.———. Amos and Boris.Stolz, Mary. Storm in the Night.Tresselt, Alvin. Hide and Seek Fog.Turner, Ann. Nettie’s Trip South.Wildsmith, Brian. Fishes.Wiles, Deborah. Freedom Summer.Williams, Jay. Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like.Wishinsky, Frieda. Give Maggie a Chance.Wood, Audrey. Quick as a Cricket.Wood, Douglas. A Quiet Place.


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Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.Zalben, Jane Breskin. Hey, Mama Goose.Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief.

Strong Emotions/Feelings

Bang, Molly. When Sophie Gets Angry—Really Really Angry . . .Brown, Margaret Wise. The Runaway Bunny.Cannon, Janell. Stellaluna.Carle, Eric. The Grouchy Ladybug.Charles, Faustin. The Selfi sh Crocodile.Danneberg, Julie. First Day Jitters.Freymann, Saxton and Joost Elffers. How Are You Peeling? Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum.———. Owen.———. Shelia Rae, the Brave.———. Wemberly Worried.Hoffman, Mary. Amazing Grace.Juster, Norton. The Hello, Goodbye Window.Keats, Ezra Jack. Peter’s Chair.Lichtenheld, Tom. What Are You So Grumpy About? Munsch, Robert. Love You Forever.Penn, Audrey. A Pocket Full of Kisses.———. The Kissing Hand.Polacco, Patricia. Thank You, Mr. Falker.Schotter, Roni. The Boy Who Loved Words.Shannon, David. No, David! Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.———. The Good-bye Book.———. The Tenth Good Thing about Barney.Willems, Mo. Knuffl e Bunny.

Strong Verbs

Allard, Harry. Miss Nelson Is Missing! Aylesworth, Jim. Old Black Fly.Berger, Melvin. As Big as a Whale.Brett, Jan. Honey . . . Honey . . . Lion! ———. The Mitten.———. Town Mouse, Country Mouse.Cannon, Janell. Stellaluna.———. Verdi.Cherry, Lynne. The Armadillo from Amarillo.Cleary, Brian P. To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack: An Alphabetical Adventure.Crunk, Tony. Railroad John and the Red Rock Run.Fleming, Denise. In the Small, Small Pond.———. In the Tall, Tall Grass.


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Fletcher, Ralph. Twilight Comes Twice.Fox, Mem. Feathers and Fools.George, Jean Craighead. The Everglades.Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum.Hesse, Karen. Come On, Rain.Jenkins, Steve. Move! Joosse, Barbara M. I Love You the Purplest.Kellogg, Steven. Mike Fink.Krauss, Ruth. The Happy Day.Laminack, Lester L. Snow Day!Lester, Julius. John Henry.Pfi ster, Marcus. The Rainbow Fish.Polacco, Patricia. Oh, Look! ———. Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare.———. Thank You, Mr. Falkner.———. Thunder Cake.Ryder, Joanne. Won’t You Be My Hugaroo? Rylant, Cynthia. The Whales.———. When I Was Young in the Mountains.Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.Steig, William. Amos and Boris.———. Brave Irene.Tucker, Kathy. The Seven Chinese Sisters.Yolen, Jane. Naming Liberty.———. Owl Moon.

Time Focus

Bunting, Eve. Ghost’s Hour, Spook’s Hour.———. Night Tree.———. Smoky Night.Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest.Canfi eld, Jack. Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul. Crews, Donald. Shortcut.Dooley, Norah. Everybody Cooks Rice.Fletcher, Ralph. Twilight Comes Twice.Goode, Diane. Where’s Our Mama? Herald, Maggie Rugg. A Very Important Day.Hutchins, Pat. The Doorbell Rang.Impey, Rose. Joe’s Café.Johnston, Tony. The Promise.Kumin, Maxine W. The Beach Before Breakfast.Moore, Clement C. The Night Before Christmas.Rylant, Cynthia. Birthday Presents.———. A Song for Solomon Singer.———. When I Was Young in the Mountains.Viorst, Judith. The Good-Bye Book.Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Dance at Grandpa’s.Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.Young, Ed. Night Visitors.


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Topic Selection

Ackerman, Karen. The Song and Dance Man.Aliki. The Two of Them.Argent, Kerry. Wombat and Badicoot: Best of Friends.Baylor, Byrd. Everybody Needs a Rock.———. I’m in Charge of Celebrations.Brett, Jan. Berlioz the Bear.———. The Hat.Brown, Marc. Arthur Writes a Story.Brown, Margaret Wise. The Important Book.Bunting, Eve. Night Tree.Cameron, Ann. The Stories Julian Tells.Chall, Marsha Wilson. Up North at the Cabin.Christiansen, C. B. My Mother’s House, My Father’s House.Cleary, Beverly. Ramona series.Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius.Crews, Donald. Bigmama’s.Curtis, Jamie Lee. Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born.———. When I Was Little.DePaola, Tomie. The Art Lesson.———. The Baby Sister.Farber, Norma. How Does It Feel to Be Old? Fox, Mem. Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge.Gauch, Patricia Lee. Christina Katerina and the Time She Quit the Family.Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum.———. Wemberly Worried.Howe, James. I Wish I Were a Butterfl y.Hurwitz, Johanna. Class Clown.Igus, Toyomi. Two Mrs. Gibsons.Johnson, Angela. Tell Me a Story, Mama.Johnson, Paul Brett, and Celeste Lewis. Lost.Johnson, Steven T. Alphabet City.Johnston, Tony. Grandpa’s Song.Kellogg, Steven. Best Friends.Khalsa, Dayal Kaur. Tales of a Gambling Grandma.King-Smith, Dick. Ace: The Very Important Pig.Lester, Helen. Author: A True Story.Lied, Katie. Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression.London, Jonathan, and Henri Sorensen. Hurricane!MacLachlan, Patricia. All the Places to Love.———. Through Grandpa’s Eyes.———. What You Know First.Mayer, Mercer. There’s A Nightmare in My Closet.McKissack, Patricia. Flossie and the Fox.Moss, Marissa. Amelia’s Notebook.Nixon, Joan Lowery. If You Were a Writer.O’Malley, Kevin. Roller Coaster.Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia Helps Out.Polacco, Patricia. Babushka’s Doll.———. Bee Tree.


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———. My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother.Rosenberg, Liz. The Carousel.Rylant, Cynthia. The Old Woman Who Named Things.———. The Relatives Came.———. When I Was Young in the Mountains.Schotter, Roni. Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street.Shaw, Charles G. It Looked Like Spilt Milk.Steig, William. Amos and Boris.Taylor, William. Agnes the Sheep. Waggoner, Karen. The Lemonade Babysitter.Wong, Janet S. You Have to Write.Wyeth, Sharon Dennis. Always My Dad.Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy.Yolen, Jane. All Those Secrets of the World.


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